Heard Bad stuff...

Fuel Safe fuel cells will do the trick for you.

why yes there is one easy solution that can solve your problem, no problem...

DON'T GET REARENDED!!!

Cobain03 said:

i eard that if you get rearended hard that the gas tank could liek spill and go forward and make a fire and stuff and make a wrose situation...is there anyway to prevent this???

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Stay out of Monterey Park!

Well, several vendors sell a piece of sheet steel that replaces the cardboard liner on the trunk-side of the rear seatback - the idea being that the steel won't soak up any gas a bring the flames into the cabin of the car.

My thought.....you're driving a potential gasoline bomb; deal with it. Prior to my present Rice-Eating Chebbie Truck; I drove a '76 one-ton Chebbie truck. Big, heavey hunk of pig-iron, needed those twin 20 gallon tanks to pass more than one gas station per day. Oh, yeah, the tanks were mounted between the quarter panels and the frame rails - "60 Minutes" ran a piece on them popping and causing fires during "t-bone" wrecks. I'd have made more off the truck by turning it in during GM's recall . Before that, I had an F100; the back tank was between the frame and the driveshaft (good), but the front tank was in the cab behind the seat (not good). Before that, a '73 Gran Torino. When "60 Minutes" did their piece on the infamous exploding Crown Vic/Police Interceptors; the "under-the-car" videos looked just like my '73. The layout was virtually identical - which would mean that, should I have gotten rear-ended by something going 50+ MPH, the gas tank would have ruptured when it was wrapped around the diff.

A fuel cell would help - a lot. Situational awareness is less expensive and more effective. Bleeding-heart Libs notwithstanding; the world is never gonna be 100% Nerf - you will always stand a chance of being hurt somehow by your surroundings. For the deeply religious, it's part of the irony of "God's granting us free will". For the secularists, it's Darwinism in action.


Still Dreamin'

Ah yes, the ol exploding mustang. Think about it in order of what would be hit: Bumber -> weak rear structure -> gas tank -> muffler -> rear end. And what stops the gas from spraying into the passenger compartment? Card board, foam, vinyl.

A coworker in my department had his 69 vert rear ended by a dump truck while stopped at a light several years ago. Either he was lucky or it's not as big a deal as it's made out to be but, his didn't catch fire or explode. It totaled the car. I can't say I've ever seen one that's been hit in the rear that did catch fire. If you're worried about it get the steel plate or a fuel cell.

Ironic tidbit, Ford had planned on foam filling pinto fuel tanks but at the last minute decided not to, to keep manufacturing costs down.

RacerX said:

Either he was lucky or it's not as big a deal as it's made out to be but, his didn't catch fire or explode.

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You don't think the news media and the prime time "news magazine" shows would over state an existing problem to gain...ratings?

It seems every day I turn on the TV or radio there's some new threat to our lives, and don't forget THE CHILDREN!

Sure a Mustang can catch on fire if it is rear ended hard enough. GP is right about the foam and vinyl being the only thing separating the fuel tank from the passenger compartment but I've got more news for you. The same situation exists on the SN95s! I'd hazard a guess that the same thing is true for 90+% of the cars on the road.

if you are really worried about your stang catching fire if you get rear ended, dont drive it. park it in your living room as a giant sculpture, and drive something like an H1 hummer.

Cobain03 said:

well,,this stang that im trying to find, is going to be my first car...

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Take a look at how many kazillions of old mustangs are still on the road and you might just assume this isn't the giant problem that some have made it out to be. I have no doubt that some have caught fire, but when was the last time someone in your state had that problem????